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Sounds interesting, if your willing to help with an implementation I |
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would suppose that we could get something together. Let me know on or |
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off the list and we'll set something up. |
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Anyone else interested? |
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JR Boyens |
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jboyens@×××××××.edu |
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On Wed, 2002-02-06 at 09:55, Tod M. Neidt wrote: |
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> Hi! |
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> Was looking at Bug 551 ( http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=551 ) |
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> this morning. I believe this particular error was generated because the |
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> user was downloading and install additional perl modules using the |
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> CPAN.pm module that comes with the perl-5.6.1 package, but didn't have |
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> the required perl module dependency libnet installed prior to installing |
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> the telnet module. Info on the CPAN.pm module can be found at |
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> http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/CPAN/perl/CPAN.html |
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> |
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> Note: I successfully merged the dev-perl/Net-Telnet ebuild using portage |
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> and the dev-perl/libnet ebuild was merged first like it is supposed to |
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> so this really isn't a portage or ebuild issue. |
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> However, this situation does bring up an interesting question regarding |
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> a possible enhancement. |
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> Would it be possible (or even desirable) to hack CPAN.pm and/or portage |
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> so that they play nice together, i.e. a user could find and download |
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> perl modules using CPAN.pm and portage would provide the installation |
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> and package management? |
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> Some Advantages: |
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> 1. Useful feature for Gentoo users accustomed to enhancing perl with |
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> modules through the CPAN.pm module. |
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> 2. Possibility to effectively eleminate the dev-perl portage category, |
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> while at the same time, (less burden on Gentoo.org servers, and perl |
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> module ebuild maintainers) |
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> 3. providing *all* the perl modules archived at cpan (the archive) to |
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> Gentoo users. |
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> 4. Cool hack :) |
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> Some Disadvantages: |
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> 1. Extra work maintaining a CPAN.pm-gentoo.diff |
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> 2. perl <--> python interface might be difficult? |
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> 3. package management accounting if both perl module ebuilds and CPAN.pm |
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> installations are tracked in /var/db/pkg/ |
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> As I am not worthy to wash the feet of a perl deity, I am interested in |
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> the thoughts of those who are. |
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> tod |
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